Il pareggio di bilancio: La testimonianza di Luigi Einaudi: tra predica e libertà

Balanced budget: Luigi Einaudi's testimony: between preaching and freedom

Paolo Silvestri ()

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Abstract: Italian Abstract: L’articolo intende mostrare l’esistenza di un filo conduttore che attraversa la riflessione einaudiana sul pareggio di bilancio, e che va da "Le entrate pubbliche nello stato sabaudo" (1907) sino ad arrivare a "L'interpretazione dell’articolo 81 della Costituzione" (1948). Muovendo dal comune riferimento di questi due scritti alla virtù della «prudenza» – del «principe» e del «buon padre di famiglia» – e dalla connessa analogia tra governo civile e governo della casa, pubblico e privato, si mostra come il principio del pareggio di bilancio sia per Einaudi strettamente legato alla ricerca di un buon governo e di un principio di equità intergenerazionale. English Abstract: The article intends to demonstrate the existence of a common thread in the reflection of Einaudi on the principle of balanced budget, which proceeds from "The public revenue in the state House of Savoy" (1907) until "On the interpretation of Article 81 of the [Italian] Constitution" (1948). Starting from the common reference of these two writings to the virtue of "prudence" -- of the "prince" and "good family father" -- and the associated analogy between the civil government and the government of the house (oikonomia), public and private, I show how in Einaudi's thought the principle of balanced budget is closely linked to the search of a good government and a principle of intergenerational equity.

Keywords: Einaudi; balanced budget; oikonomia and political economy; good government; intergenerational justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 A13 B31 H11 H6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012, Revised 2011
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Published in Biblioteca della libertà 204.XLVII(2012): pp. 1-18

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